Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FG Opens Kara Bridge To Traffic

The Federal Government on Sunday opened the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to traffic, after completing repair works on a 600-meter stretch, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

NAN reports that the section between Kara Bridge and Isheri Junction inbound Lagos was partially closed on Sept. 2, for reconstruction, resulting in traffic diversion.

When a NAN correspondent visited the site, traffic regulatory agencies, law enforcement agencies and officers of the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing officials were supervising the removal of barricades by construction workers.

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) personnel closed the Kara end of the bridge, using patrol vehicles to lead vehicles into the newly-constructed lane.

The FRSC in a slow motorcade, took off from the Kara end of the bridge at exactly 10:30 a.m., leading the vehicles on the Lagos-bound carriageway to merge onto the Lagos traffic at the Isheri intersection on the highway.

An FRSC Assistant Corps Commander, Taofik Iyanda, expressed satisfaction at the road repair and thanked the Federal Government and its agencies that effected the repair.

Iyanda appealed to road users to exercise caution while driving on the highway.

“Motorists should not see the road as a racecourse. They should exercise patience on the little segment that has been completed and opened for use.

“They should not exceed the specified speed limit.

“The road is still under construction and a lot of things will have to be put in place, so they have to be very careful and exercise patience anytime they are plying the road,’’ he advised.

He told journalists that collaboration of traffic management agencies and law enforcement agencies helped to minimise road accidents and deaths during the repair period.

Some motorists and road users, who spoke to NAN, expressed satisfaction and appealed to the Federal Government to complete construction to ease traffic on the highway.